Top 8 Midwest bike trails

With gasoline above $4 per gallon, here are eight great biking trails in the Upper Midwest, recommended by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, which advocates turning abandoned rail pathways into biking trails. (Midwest flooding could affect some of these trails.)

1. Military Ridge: This 45-mile trail from Dodgeville to Verona features 48 bridges, wildlife and wetlands.

2. Elroy-Sparta: This 32-mile trail in Wisconsin is one of the first rail-to-trail conversions in the nation.